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EDVARDA J. BROOKS, OFV EAST ORANGE, NEW JERSEY.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 734,807, dated .Tiny2s, 1903.

Application filed April 2,5. 1903.

To all whomvlt may concern:

Beit known thatI, EDWARD J. BROOKS, a, citizen of the United States ofAmerica, and a resident of East Orange, in the State of New Jersey, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Seals, of which the followingis This invention relates to press fastened seals for securing the doorsof railway freightcars and for` other like uses and to those. sealswhich are composed exclusively of sheet metal,such as tin (tin-plate) orsheet-brass, or of equivalent material in sheet form.

An object of the present invention is to produce a secure seal of suchdescription of light weight and at the same time adapted to carry aliberal amountof lettering or distinguishing-marks as compared withother seals of thesame class.

Another object is to facilitate and expedite threading such seals ingoperation.

` .Another and chief object is to materially lessen the work of theseal-press, and thus to facilitate securely fastening the improved sealby means of a ratchet-press with less `exertion on the part of thesealer and with less Wear in the press.

The invention consists in an improved seal embodying means foraccomplishing the objects above stated and in novel combinations ofparts therein whereby the respective effects are produced,as hereinafterset forth and claimed.

Asheet of drawings accompanies this speciflcation as part thereof.

Figure l of the drawings is a face view of the shackle of an improvedseal embodying the present invention.' Figs.` 2` and 3 are front andback views, respectively, of its seal part. Fig. `4 is an elevationshowing the improved shackle applied to apair of car-door staples andready to receive the seal part.

Fig. 5 is a like elevation showing the seal part in position. Fig. 6represents a section lengthwise of theshackle through the seal part.Figs. 'Z and S represent cross-sections through the seal part andshackle, showing dsa the seal part respectively as it appears before andafter the pressing operation. Fig. 9 is an elevation showing a modifiedshackle applied to carfdoor staples and ready for the preliminary to thepressserai No. 154,241. (No modelo sections through said modifiedshackle apd through a seal part, showing the same respectively beforeand after the pressing operation. Fig. l2 is a face view of anothermodifled shackle. Fig. 18 is an elevation showing an improved sealembodying the shackle last named applied to car-door staples; and Figs.14E and l5 represent cross-sections on `the line y e, Fig. 13, showingthe shackle and seal part last named, respectively, as they ap- ,pearbefore and after the pressing operation.

Like reference letters and numbers refer to like parts in all thefigures.

4The improved seal in any of its forms is composed of a flexible shackleA or A2 orI A3 of sheet material, preferably and conveniently cut in theform of a narrow rectangular strip yfrom a sheet of tin and provided inthe sheet with a serial number, (shown as 94,768.) suitabledistinguishing lettering, (X. da Y. R. R.,) and a stop or stops, (shownat aand ot) and a hollow sheet-metal part B or B2 or B5, composed of.two cup-shaped pieces l and 2, hereinafter termed cups, inseparablyinterlocked with each other by a circumferem tial seam h andconstructed, respectively, with an inwardly-projecting locking portionc, surrounded by an annular yielding portion -dandwith a pair ofdiametrically opposite `shackle-admitting openings e, the cup 2 lastnamed being also preferably and convena iently constructed with a hollowcentral protuberance f, matching said inwardly-projecting lockingportion c and surrounded byV edge walls g of less depth, in which saidshackle-admitting openings e are formed,

In the species represented by Figs. l to 8, inclusive, one end of theshackle A is provided with a longitudinal slot h, through which theother end and the stop ct, formed on the latter, freely pass in.applying the shackle A to car-door staples C or the like preliminary toapplying the sealpart i3, as illustrated by Fig. 4, and the other end ofthe shackle is provided between its stopI a and the extremity of theshackle and adjacent to the former with a locking-hole 't'. (Shown inFigs. l, 4, 6, 7, and 8.)

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The shackle-admitting openings e of the seal part B are fitted to theshackle end provided with said locking-hole 't' and admit the samefreely, but not the stop a., which arrests the seal part B in properposition on the shackle A, asillustrated by Fig. 5, and locates itslocking portion c in line with said locking-hole t', as in Figs. 6 and7.

A ratchet seal-press, such as is shown in my drawings, forming .part ofLetters Patent No. 660,837, dated October 30', 1900, or a suitableseal-press of any known or improved construction is then applied to theseal part B, so as to force the locking portion c of the latter endwiseinto and through the lockinghole 'L' of the shackle A, leaving the samein the condition illustrated by Fig. 8, with the seal part B and shackleA inseparably fastened together.

In the species represented by Figs. 9, 10, an'd 11 the shackle A2 andseal part B2 are both of the same construction as in the species abovedescribed, except that said locking-hole 'L' of the shackle A isomitted. This necessitates the employment in the shackle of more ductilesheet metal than is necessary in the species first described; but givensufficiently ductile metal in the shackle A2 the vseal is adapted to befastened, as illustrated by Fig. 11, by pressing the locking portion cof the seal part B2 against that portion of the shackle A2 within theseal part, so as to permanently bend this shackle portion into more orless perfect conformity to said locking portion c, and thus toinseparably interlock the seal part B2 and shackle A2 with each other.

ln the species illustrated by Figs. 12, 13, 14, and 15 both ends of theshackle A3 are of the same construction as the lower end in Fig. 9, andthe sealpart B3 is made deep enough to accommodate shackle-admittingopenings e of sufficient dimensions to admit both ends of the shackleA2, as in Figs. 13, 14, and 15. Still more ductile metal is necessary ina shackle of this construction; but given sufficiently ductile metal inthe shackle As the two parts may be inseparably interlocked with eachother, ras illustrated by Fig. 15.

The species last described may be further modied by providing bothshackle ends with locking-holes 7l to receive the locking.,r portion cof the seal part, and thus to facilitate the pressing operation. Theflexible shackle provided with locking-holes t may be `made of othersuitable sheet material, such as celluloid or tough paper. The stops aand ct may be made by transverse rows of pretuberances raised on theshackle, as represented in the several figures or in any approved way.The distinguishing-marks may be either printed or embossed and of anyappropriate kind. The seal parts of different roads or dierent ownersmay be distinguished from each other, if desired, by different colors ormarks, and other like modifications will suggest themselves to thoseskilled in the art.

Having thus described said improvement,

I claim as lmy invention and desire to patent under this specification-Y l. A seal part for a press-fastened seal composed of two sheet-metalcups, inseparably interlocked with each other, and constructedrespectively with' an inwardlyprojecting locking portiony surrounded byan annular yielding portion whereby said locking portion is renderedmovable endwise at the pressing operation and with a pair of diametricalshackle-admitting openings in a plane behind that of said lockingportion in the unpressed seal, in combination with a flexible shackle ofsheet material, adapted t-o be threaded through said openings and to befastened againstwithdrawal by pressing said locking portion across theplane of said openings.

2. A seal part for a press-fastened seal composed of two sheetmetal cupsinseparably interlocked with each other by a circumferential seam, andconstructed respectively` with a central inwardlyprojecting lockingportion surrounded by an annular yielding portion whereby said lockingportion is rendered movable endwise at the pressing operation and with apair of diametrical shackle-admitting openi ngs in a plane behind thatof said locking portion in the unpressed seal, in comt bination with aflexible shackle of sheet material, adapted to be threaded through saidopenings and to be fastened against Withdrawal by pressing said lockingportion across the plane of said openings.

3. A seal part fora press-fastened seal composed of two sheet-metalcups, inseparably interlocked with each other, and constructedrespectively with an inwardly-proj ecting locking portion surrounded byan annular yielding portion and with a pair of diametricalshackle-admitting openings in a plane behind that of said lockingportion in the unpressed seal, in combination with a flexible shackle ofsheet material,adapted to be threaded through said openings and to befastened against withdrawal by pressing said locking portion across theplane of said openings, and provided with a stop to properly locate saidseal part on said shackle preliminary to the pressing operation.

4. A seal part for a press-fastened seal-composed of two sheet-metalcups, inseparably interlocked with each other, and constructedrespectively with an inwardly projecting locking portion surrounded byan annular yielding portion and with a pair of diametricalshackle-admitting openings, in combination IOO IIO

with a Ilexible shackle of sheet material,adapt ed to be threadedthrough said openings and to be fastened against Withdrawal by pressingsaid locking portion across the plane of said openings, and providedwith a lockingn adapted to be threaded through said openings and to befastened against withdrawal by y pressing said locking portion acrossthe plane of said openings, and provided with a hole to receive saidlocking portion and with a stop arranged to locate said seal partopposite said hole preliminary tothe pressing operation.

6. A seal part for a press-fastened seal composed of two sheet-metalcups, inseparably interlocked with each other, and constructedrespectively with an inwardly projecting locking portion surrounded byan annularyielding portionand with a pair of diametricalshackle-admitting openings, in combination with a flexible shackle ofsheet material, having one endslotted and adapted to be looped to a pairof car-door staples or the like, and its other end adapted to bethreaded through said openings and to be fastened against withdrawal bypressing said locking portion across the plane of said openings.

7. A seal part for a press-fastened seal composed of two sheet-metalcups, inseparably.

interlocked with each other, and constructed respectively with aninwardly projecting locking portion surrounded by an annular yieldingportion and with a pair of diametrical shackle-admitting openings, in'combination with a flexible shackle of sheet material, having one endslotted and adapted to be looped to a pair of car-door staples or thelike, and its other end adapted to be threaded'through said openings andprovided with a lockinghole to receive said locking portion at thepressing operation, substantially as hereinbefore specified.

EDWARD J. BROOKS. Witnesses:

GEO. O. TOTTEN, DONALD LIVINGSTON.

